Taylor v. State

OPINION ON APPELLANT’S PETITION FOR DISCRETIONARY REVIEW

MALONEY, Judge.

Appellant was indicted for murder and pled not guilty by reason of insanity. A jury convicted appellant and assessed life imprisonment. The First Court of Appeals affirmed. Taylor v. State, 856 S.W.2d 459 (Tex.App. — Houston [1st Dist.] 1993). We granted appellant’s petition for discretionary review to determine whether the Court of Appeals erred in holding that an intoxication *155instruction was properly given at the guilt/innocence stage of trial.1

The Court of Appeals’ opinion sets forth in detail the facts leading to the…